Engineering News
March 2, 2007 Vol. 77, no. 7S

Events and Announcements

E 190 placement test

If you plan to take E 190, you need to take the Engineering 190 Placement Test before enrolling. The test is scheduled for Wednesday, March 7, from 5 to 7 p.m. in Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Engineering Center. If you want to take E 190 in the summer or fall, you must take the test on March 7 if you have not previously taken it. There will not be another test scheduled until August. No need to register for the test. Arrive promptly at 5 p.m. with a pencil or pen and your student ID.

Win an iPod
 
The Kresge Engineering Library is encouraging engineering students to take the Knovel University Challenge. This contest is open to Cal engineering and science students. Entrants use the Knovel Library online research tool to find the answers to five quiz questions. Prizes this semester include a $1,500 scholarship and iPod shuffles. A Berkeley engineering student won an iPod shuffle in last semester’s contest! The contest runs through April 5. To participate, go to www.info.knovel.com/challenge.

Win a $150 Best Buy gift card!

It’s simple. Give Engineering News to a friend. Your friend e-mails your names to engnews@coe.berkeley.edu to be entered into a drawing. The more friends who enter, the more chances you have to win a $150 Best Buy gift card. Your friends will have a chance to win a $75 Best Buy gift card. Enter as many times as you like! Open to Berkeley engineering students only. Winners will be announced on March 30.

CITRIS Research Exchange

On Wednesday, March 7, the CITRIS Research Exchange will present “Using Mathematical Models to Help Understand Planar Cell Polarity in Developmental Biology,” a lecture by EECS associate professor Claire Tomlin. The event will take place at 12 p.m. in 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building. Free lunch provided! For more information, go to www.citris-uc.org.

 

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